The 12 titles come from countries including Argentina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Iran, Iceland, Great Britain, Mexico, Spain and the USA. Emotion, extreme tension and the surprising attempts of young filmmakers to revive genre cinema are the main ingredients of this year's Official Competition.
The only film from a CEE country is Bulgarian entry The Lesson / Urok by Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov.
“This year, I favored intimate films and those productions that resort, in an intelligent and surprising manner, to the conventions of genre cinema. On one hand, emotion, and on the other, tension," the festival artistic director Mihai Chirilov said.
The Lineup:
Rams/Hrutar (Iceland, Denmark)
Directed by Grímur Hákonarson
Radiator (UK)
Directed by Tom Browne
Paris of the North/París Norðursins (Island, France, Denmark)
Directed by Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson
Melody (Belgium, Luxembourg, France)
Directed by Bernard Bellefroid
The Lesson/Urok (Bulgaria, Greece)
Directed by Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov
Produced by Abraxas Film
Coproduced by Graal Film
Supported by ZDF, American Foundation for Bulgaria, Central Cooperative Union
10,000 Km/Long Distance (Spain, USA)
Directed by Carlos Marques-Marcet
Plan sexenal/Six Year Plan (Mexico)
Directed by Santiago Cendejas
Summer Nights/ Les nuits d'été (France)
Directed by Mario Fanfani
Melbourne (Iran)
Directed by Nima Javidi
The King's Surrender / Wir Waren Könige (Germany)
Directed by Philipp Leinemann
The Fire / El Incendio (Argentina)
Directed by Juan Schnitman
600 Miles / 600 Millas (Mexico, USA)
Directed by Gabriel Ripstein